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"Sugar" Rashad is way too corny for my tastes, and it does not flow AT ALL. At the end of the day though, I don't care. I think you're getting carried away because nowadays just about any schmoe can get just about any lame nickname that they choose rather than earning one they deserve. The age of meaningful nicknames is long gone.

I'm not sure if many of you guys are boxers or boxing fans, but the title of "Sugar" is highly rated. The title of "Sugar" is given if the boxer has exceptional footwork and blinding hand speed. There are currently three great boxers that have this title: Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard and Shane Mosley. All three of these fighters have accomplish many great feats and stood on the world stage many times.

Even a great boxer like Roy Jones Jr. was not given the title of sugar, although he was an undisputed champ in many different weight divisions for a decade. His blazing hand speed was compared to the “Sugars”, however, many debated that he remained unworthy of such a great title – thus never given it.

Now that I have given some information about the title of sugar, I would like to just say that Rashad Evans should not be given this title.

Reasons being:

1. This nick name belongs to boxing not MMA.
2. He doesn’t have neither the hand speed or footwork to be considered a sugar
3. The name after sugar is suppose to be one syllable not two (Ras-had)

Many people probably think that I’m getting too carried away, but for those people that were initially bigger boxing fans than MMA fans, probably feel the same as I do. Don’t get me wrong people, I think Rashad is a good fighter. But I’m afraid that he will soil the legacy of Sugars.

In my opinion, Ray Robinson is the only real "sugar" to have ever held the nickname, there has never been another athlete in boxing like him, the pound for pound greatest of all time. All the sugars that have followed pale in comparison.

For Rashad Evans to have sugar in front of his name is just a total joke, and frankly, it did piss me off when they introduced him as "sugar" Rashad at fight night. I had forgotten about it until I saw the title of this thread.

Its just a word. It doesn't say anywhere that he's called that because its related to boxing. If his nickname was 'the general' or something would you complain that its an insult to high ranking army officers who are outstanding military tactitioners and that Rashads military tactics are good, but not great so he is undeserving of the title?

Its just a word. It doesn't say anywhere that he's called that because its related to boxing. If his nickname was 'the general' or something would you complain that its an insult to high ranking army officers who are outstanding military tactitioners and that Rashads military tactics are good, but not great so he is undeserving of the title?

I don't know how you can say that it isn't related to boxing? I'm not saying that your dumb or anything... actually... wait maybe you are. I'm pretty sure that Rashad doesn't have that title because he is a "Sweet" person.

Here is the definition located in dictionary.com. Most people know what sugar is, but for the others that don’t know…
Sugar - a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.

You can take this in two different approaches:
1. Rashad’s title was derived from the boxing nick
2. Rashad was given this title because he is a sweet person

Many people here have a pretty solid argument - "It's just a nick name" or "He simply deserves it." I won't argue against that because if I wasn't such a large boxing enthusiast I would agree with them. But no one has yet to say that sugar has no relation to boxing because that would be utterly stupid. Even if a person has a nickname like the "general", there should be some relation. He/She should have some leadership/tactically ability. Let us look at a few nick names:

As you can see here, fighters are not given nicknames by there personality. I’m pretty sure that GSP isn’t called rush because he rushes his math homework in the 6th grade. But I want to here your argument? - So are you saying that Rashad’s fighting style is sweet like candy?

As you can see, you have no argument and please don’t change your argument now because you have just realized that your argument has not bases. Please do not post for the sake of posting.

i think sugar rashad evans sounds retarded IMO but like other people said its just a nickname but some times it kinda pisses me off how every fighter has an unoriginal sometimes stupid nickname that doesnt personally mean anything to them its like they wanted one just for the sake of having one also IMO roy jones in his prime was better than any of the sugars

i agree, i think you shouldn't force a nickname it just ends up sounding gay

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This is a totally silly topic, fighting nick names are names that people give themselves. The 3 sugars you talked about were great champions however they are not the only 3 people with the nickname of sugar.

Does Rashad deserve to be placed with those three champions? No he does not, but if he can call himself what ever he wants.